The company, which makes carbon and ceramic based high-temperature insulation products used in medical instruments, aerospace, power generation and fire protection systems, said revenue fell 8 percent to 448.4 million pounds ($765.3 million).

The FTSE-250 company said it would pay an interim dividend of 3.9 pence per share compared with 3.8 pence last year. ($1 = 0.5859 British Pounds) (Reporting by Aashika Jain and Abhiram Nandakumar in Bangalore; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier)